Below please find a link to the set of 5 role-plays which will be used for the oral examination in Spanish for 2013 and 2014 - 2018. Please note that from 2009, there will be one ‘open’ question at the end of the role-play conversation. Sample questions are included on the examiners’ cards – these are examples of the type of questions which may be used for the final ‘turns’ of the role-plays

Below please find a link to the set of 5 role-plays which will be used for the oral examination in Italian for 2010 – 2016. From 2009 the role-play card with only one language (English or Irish) will be the card given to the candidate at the oral examination. The bi-lingual cards (English/Italian or Irish/Italian are for classroom use to help students build up vocabulary and prepare for the oral examination).

The French Oral examination will consist of an interview. During this interview, candidates will have the option of answering questions on one of the following types of material which they have worked on:

An article from a newspaper or magazine

A picture

A project

A literary work

Candidates who avail of this option will be required to bring the material into the examination room. Texts in languages other than French will not be acceptable.